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Lexus RX350 2016–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin L-SB-0024-20 Rev · NHTSA communication 10181777 · issued Sep 22, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
component
2016–2019
model years
8
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: Some 2016 ? 2019 model year RX 350 and RX 450h vehicles may exhibit a condition in which the inside rear door handle does not open the door. This condition occurs when the rear door handle fatigues, allowing the inside door handle release cable to separate from the door handle body. Follow the Repair Procedure in this bulletin to address this condition.

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.